{"id":4941,"date":"2020-09-23T04:10:08","date_gmt":"2020-09-23T03:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/globalindianstories.com\/?p=4941"},"modified":"2020-09-24T09:43:40","modified_gmt":"2020-09-24T08:43:40","slug":"open-oven-baking-it-even","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalindianstories.org\/index.php\/2020\/09\/23\/open-oven-baking-it-even\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Oven: Baking it Even!"},"content":{"rendered":"

With the world witnessing a paradigm shift, food still holds fort as a constant source of relief. Entrepreneurial ventures stocking on comfort and utility food has become the need of the hour. One such immensely popular bakery in Kolkata, India is the Open Oven Bakery. Instituted by Reshma Sengupta, Open Oven has been supplying tasty and healthy baked food at affordable prices since 2006.<\/p>\n

Reshma started the bakery from home, supplying exotic custom-made chocolate truffles for corporates and personal orders during festive seasons like Diwali, or for weddings and birthdays. With the success of this business, Reshma was motivated to transform her home-baking passion into opening stores, making it her profession, being inspired by her father who\u00a0is ‘her biggest critique and judge\u2019.<\/p>\n

As demand increased for her unique products and taste, Reshma formalised her business and turned into a full-time entrepreneur along with her husband Joydeep Sengupta, under the Open Oven brand.<\/p>\n

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Reshma Sengupta<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A quick chat with the bubbling Reshma, uncovered the good, bad, and ugly of running bakery stores in the new normal. Reshma commented that some of the most memorable moments in her journey have been “a television interview at Star Ananda. I grew up speaking Bangla and am married to a Bengali, but i became conscious and fumbled when the camera went on,” she chuckles.<\/p>\n

“A write-up in the newspaper and when people in unknown gatherings acknowledge Open Oven as a brand, giving quality products at affordable prices” are what she considers her greatest achievements so far, a result of her hard work and incessant progress of the stores.<\/p>\n

Creating a brand people love<\/h2>\n

The two branches of Open Oven situated at Lake Road and Royd Street have seen a growing influx of people, all of whom have appreciated the available items. When asked to name a few items that work well with the audience, it was hard to choose the names.<\/p>\n

Amongst cakes and pastries\u00a0Chocolate Truffle Pastry, Chocolate Praline Pastry, Chocolate Truffle Tart, Lemon Tart, Chocolate Truffle Cake, or Choco Caramel Gateaux<\/em>\u00a0rule the day; and for those preferring savouries\u00a0Chicken Quiche, Chicken Submarine and Chicken Shawarma<\/em>\u00a0are some of the must tries.<\/p>\n\r\n